Jealousy and envy are two of the most common—yet negative and useless—emotions many of us have. For a long time, I…
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I must say. I love, love, love this:
I must assert that the first example has a typo in Aggressive. How am I doing so far?
When people describe me, assertive is the last word they use. This has cost me a lot, both professionally and…
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Most of us have a tendency to compare our talents and abilities to others, and get down on ourselves when we don't…
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Force yourself into social situations you wouldn't ordinarily go into. My main benefit (in changing from a stereotypical high school nerd) was that I volunteered at my local fire department. Talk about life changing! It was sink or swim with all the big personalities around. I swam, and I've given other kids (who…
Thanks. I'm your age, actually. It wasn't so much deciding what I wanted to be, but who I wanted to be. I wanted to be the guy people could count on, but also be someone who fought for what he wanted (having been trampled on a lot as an awkward kid). I was always rather empathetic towards people, so going into a…
I absolutely agree that assertiveness can be learned. In High School I started acting like who I wanted to be, rather than who I was at the time, and started asserting myself and what I wanted. I've been immensely successful since then, and am legitimately no longer the shy nerd who couldn't talk to anyone who…
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